Vibwmum.'] Lxxiv. Capbifoltacej). (C. B. Clarke.) 5 



like sometimes IJ in. long. DC. Prodr. iv. 325.— Khasia Mts. and Birma.— Hardly 

 -distinguishable as a variety, the bracts varying from 1 to 8, and from J to 1 J in. 



6. V. Colebrookianum, Wall. Cat. 460 ; leaves large oblong crenate- 

 serrate nearly glabrous, corymbs large on very short axillary branches stellate- 

 hairy, corolla rotate, drupe ellipsoid, seed hardly grooved. V. lutescens, H. f, 

 ~^. T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 176, not of Blume ; Kwrz For. Fl. ii. 2 {as to Far, 

 2 only). 



Subtropical HiMAtiiYA, alt. 1-5000 ft. ; Sikkim and Bhotan, common. Assam and 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 0-4000 ft., frequent. 



A large spreading shrub, 6-15 ft. ; flo-wering branches usually pendent with large 

 terminal leaves, corymbs from axils bdow them. Leaves 6^ by 2 in., shortly acumi- 

 nate, cnneate at the base, yoimg and petiole (J-J in.), stellately pubescent. CorymJbs 

 umbelliform, dense on a portion of the branch bare of leaves ; bracts minute, brac- 

 ■teoles 0. Cah/x-tithe glabrous, teeth minute. CoroMa-lobes ^ in., round, white. 

 Drupe J by J in., hardly compressed, red : seed obscurely convex dorsally, concave 

 ventraUy. — V. lutescens, Bhime, united with this by H. f. & T. has berries ^ in. long, 

 narrowly obovoid-oblong, with deeply grooved seed, and terminal inflorescence. 



7. V. punctatum, Ham. in Don Prodr. 142 ; leaves elliptic-lanceolate 

 -coriaceous subentire glabrous punctate beneath, corymb branches angular and 

 ■calyx-tube minutely scaly, coroUa rotate. Wall. Cat. 456 ; DC. Prodr. iv. 324 ; 

 H.f. Sr T. in Journ. Linn. Soc. ii. 176 ; Brandis For. Fl. 260. 



NiPAi, Wallich. Kumaon ; Sarju Valley, alt. 4000 ft., Straeh. ^ Winterb. 



A stout spreading shrub. Leaves 3^ by 1^ in., acute at both ends, often with pel- 

 tate scales on the midrib beneath ; petiole Jin. Corymbs terminal, sessile, in flower 

 ■2-6 in. diam., branches umbellate or corymbose, cinnamoneous when dried ; bract* 

 .^ in., lanceolate, deciduous ; bracteoles soajrcely 35 in., ovate. Calyx-teeth minute, 

 obtuse. Corolla-iohea i in., round, white. Anthers large, much exserted. Drupe 

 J by i in., ellipsoid, succulent. Seed 2-grDOved dorsally, concave 3-grooved ventrally. 



Vab. atyuminata. Wall. Cat. 465 (sp.) ; leaves acuminate, bracts persistent, berry 

 ^ by 1 in. squamulose, seed much compressed obscurely grooved. V. acuminatum, 

 DC. Prodr. iv. 324; W. # A. Prodr. 388 ; Wight Ic. t. 1021 ; Bedd. Fl. Sylv. t. 217. 

 V. Wightianum, Herb. Kohen. No. 1381, not 0/ W'aiZ.— Deccan Mts. alt. 4000-7000 ft., 

 •common. — The berry looks so different that it may indicate a distinct species. 



8. V. sambucinum, Reimo. ; Blame Bijd. 656 ; leaves elliptic-lanceo- 

 late entire nearly glabrous, corymb-branches and calyx-tube pubescent, corolla 

 rotate. DC. Prodr. iv. 325 ; Miq. Fl. Lnd. Bat. ii. 120 ; Oersted in Vidensk. 

 Meddel. 1860, t. 7,Jlg. 11-13. V. integerrimum, Wall. Cat.457; DC. Prodr. 

 .iv. 324 •,S.f.8[ T.in Journ. lAnn. Soc. ii. 176. 



PmANO and Sinoapobb; Wallich, Walker. Mai-acca; Maingay Kew Distnb. 

 J 12/2. — DiSTEiE. Malaya. 



A stout shrub, or small tree, 20 ft. Leaves 5 by 2^ in., shortly acuminate, base 

 bruad-cuneate, impunctate, minutely pilose on the midrib beneath (or in Java examples 

 oil en more hairy) ; petiole J-J in., pilose. Corymb terminal, peduncled, umbellate, 

 :2-4 in. diam. ; bracts 0, or rarely caducous ; bracteoles minute, linear-oblong. Co- 

 j-oKo-lobes i in., round, yellow-white. Drupe i by i in., compressed, ovate, suddenly 

 acute ; endoearp thickened, subosseous. Seed dorsally 2-grooved, ventrally 3-grooved 

 little concave. — Leaves in some Japan specimens are hairy beaeath, in others, as in 

 Wallich's V. irUegerrvmum. 



** CoroUa tvJndar, lobes very short erect or scarcely spreading. 



9. V. coriaceum, Blume Bijd. 656 ; leaves oblong-lanceolate acu^mi- 

 nate coriaceous glabrous with tufts of haira on the axils of the nerves beneath, 



